Sure each man walks in a vain show; they vex themselves in vain: He heaps up wealth, and doth not know to whom it shall pertain.
Psalm 73:20 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) Ev'n like unto a dream, when one from sleeping doth arise; So thou, O Lord, when thou awak'st, their image shalt despise. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As a dream when one awaketh; So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As a dream [which seems real] until one awakens, so, O Lord, when You arouse Yourself [to take note of the wicked], You will despise their outward show. American Standard Version (1901) As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image. Common English Bible As quickly as a dream departs from someone waking up, my Lord, when you are stirred up, you make them disappear. Catholic Public Domain Version Consider your covenant. For those who have been darkened upon the earth have been filled by the iniquity of the houses. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Have regard to thy covenant: for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity. |
Sure each man walks in a vain show; they vex themselves in vain: He heaps up wealth, and doth not know to whom it shall pertain.
Rise in thy wrath, Lord, raise thyself, for my foes raging be; And, to the judgment which thou hast commanded, wake for me.
But then the Lord arose, as one that doth from sleep awake; And like a giant that, by wine refresh'd, a shout doth make:
As with an overflowing flood thou carry'st them away: They like a sleep are, like the grass that grows at morn are they.